UPDATE 4:28 p.m.: GSU interim coach Ragsdale leaves football building

Oct. 17, 2013

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Grambling State University interim head coach George Ragsdale was seen leaving the football operations building in his truck on Thursday afternoon less than an hour before a scheduled practice was to begin at 5 p.m.

The News-Star had learned earlier that there would be no practice again as players had decided to continue a boycott that began on Wednesday.

Players were also seen leaving the back of the football building prior to Ragsdale leaving.

The conflict began in a Tuesday evening meeting with university president Frank Pogue and athletic director Aarom James in which players were unhappy with answers they received about the firing of former coach Doug Williams, recent trips by bus to Kansas City and Indianapolis and the state of facilities. The team walked out of the meeting, and then failed to show up for a scheduled practice on Wednesday afternoon.